Clothes-hanger.



E. J. DERAGON. CLOTHES HANGER."

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.ERNEST J. DERAGON, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

v CLOTHES-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST J. Dn1iAooN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented June l-il, 1898, said hangercomprising asocketed holder adapted for attachment to a support, and a series of wire frames, each bent to form two substantially parallel arms having pintles at their inner endsjournaled in the sockets of the holder.

The present invention has for its object,

first, to provide an improved construction whereby the holder, instead of being attached immovably to a support, the holder is journaled on a bracket whichis attachable to a support, the holder being therefore adapted to swing on a vertical axis, for the purpose of more compactly storing the frames against a wall when the hanger is not in use.

2 The invention also has'for its object to provide a construction of the holder and bracket looking to simplicity, economy and lightness.

.The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificationz'fFigure 1 represents a top plan'view of a clothes hanger embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3represents aperspective view ofthe bracket; Fig.

4 represents a perspective view of the holder.

The same reference charactersindicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

Each of the above-mentioned wire frames includes two parallel arms 3 and 4, a connecting neck 6, and vertical intles 7 formed by bending the ends of said eral form of the frames being the same as shown by the above-mentioned patent. The

pintles 7 are engaged with sockets 8 formed in upper and lower ears 9 and 10 constituting-parts of the holder. Said holder includes a body portion 12, from the opposite body 12 are two angular arms,'each includ- Specification of Letters Patent.

arms, the gen- Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed March 5, 1915., Serial No. 12,273.

'ing a horizontal portion 13 and a vertical portion 11. The holder is preferably formed portions therefrom, which portions are bent to from. the angular arms. The holder is detachably connected with a bracket comprising a body portion 16 adapted to bear on a wall or other-support, and provided .with holes 17 to receive attaching screws, and forwardly projecting upper and lower cars 18 and 19, in which are formed circular apertures 20. The bracket is also preferably formed from a sheet metal blank bent and perforated, as indicated clearly by Fig.

3. The horizontal arm portions 13 form fiatsided bearings adapted to rest and turn on the bracket ears 18, 19. The verticalarm portions 14 form flat-sided pintles adapted to turn in the orifices 20, which constitute sockets for said pintles, the diameter of said orifices being greater than the width of the pintle portions 14.

It will now be seen that the holder and the. wire frames connected therewith are detachably engaged with the bracket, the holder being adapted to turn on the bracket. It will also b seen that the sheet metal construction of the holder and bracket reduces to the minimum the cost of manufacture and the weight of material.

The bracket maybe attached either to a fixed support or to a tically movable. I It will be seen that theholder is supported at a distance from the adjacent Wall'by the bracket and adapted to swing on said bracket to cause the row of sockets 8 to stand obliquely to said wall so that the wire frames maybe compactly stored side byside and in company with each other, the outer end of the group of frames bearing against the Wall and the frames being closely assembled side by side so that they form a compact bunch occupying but little room and free from liability to be bent or distorted while they are stored.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A clothes hanger comprising a sheet metal body having its ends bent over to form forwardly projecting upper and lower flanges, each provided with a series of sockets, said body having integral rearwardly projecting upper and lower angular arms struck up therefrom, each arm including a support which is verhorizontal'bearing portion and a vertical pintle portion, a series of two-armed Wire frames bent at the inner ends of the arms to form pint'les which are journaled in said sockets, and a bracket adapted for attachment to a support, and having forwardly projecting upper and lower apertured ears forming seats for said bearing portions and sockets for said pintle portions, the holder being adapted to swing on the bracket to a position permitting the frames to be closely assembled side by side.

2. A clothes hanger comprising a sheet metal body having its ends bent over to form forwardly projecting socketed upper and lower flanges, said body having integral rearwardly projecting upper and lower angular arms struck up therefrom, each armincluding a horizontal flat-sided bearing portion and a vertical flat-sided pintle portion, a series of two-armed wire frames bent at the inner ends of the arms to form pintles journaled in the sockets of said flanges, and a bracket adapted for attachment to a lower ears upon which said bearing portions rest, and having circular-orifices of greater diameter than the width of said pintle portions, and forming sockets therefor, the

- holder being adapted to swing-on the bracket to a position permitting the frames to, be closely'assembled side by side.

In testimony whereof I. have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses. I

ERNEST J. DERAGON, Witnesses 1 EARL W. WALDo, .C. R. LINCOLN, 

